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In this newest addition to the Palgrave Great Generals series, John Mosier brings to life the brilliant military strategist Ulysses S. Grant. A modest and unassuming man, Grant never lost a battle, leading the Union to victory over the Confederacy during the Civil War, ultimately becoming President of the reunited states. Grant revolutionized military warfare by creating new leadership strategies and by integrating new technologies in classical military strategy. In this compelling biography, Mosier reveals the man behind the military legend, showing how Grant's creativity and genius off the battlefield shaped him into one of our nation's greatest military leaders.

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Palgrave's Great Generals series continues with this sketchy, unbalanced homage to the Union war hero. Military historian Mosier (The Myth of the Great War) focuses on Grant's Civil War exploits, emphasizing his brilliant early victories and glossing over the bloody 1864 campaign when his generalship dimmed. A brief section on his presidency dubiously calls Grant "our most undervalued president." Mosier offers a good précis of Grant's virtues: his ability to translate penetrating strategic insights into vigorous, well-coordinated operations; his imperturbable coolness in the face of reverses; an energy and combativeness unmatched by other Union generals (especially his nominal superior, the conniving "good for nothing" Henry Halleck). But he flirts with hagiography, portraying Grant as both a military genius who eclipsed even Napoleon and as a great commoner whose very ordinariness made him the personification of American democracy-in-arms. His reverence leads to a number of historical misjudgments, like his contention that Grant never lost a battle, which overlooks Union set backs at Cold Harbor and Petersburg, and his baffling claim that "no Union general besides Grant was able to mount successful offensive operations." Indeed, Mosier's severest criticism is of the general's "too trusting belief in the goodness of his fellow men." Grant's achievements were real enough to make such obfuscating overstatements unnecessary. Photos. (June)
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In this precis of Grant's generalship, military historian Mosier argues that his subject deserves historical stature equal to that of Wellington and other prominent war leaders of the past two centuries. In victories, the undefeated Grant is in their league, yet readers are reminded, as Mosier develops his position, that Grant's reputation is still disparaged. The criticism is of two types: that Grant was careless of casualties, and that his victories resulted from material superiority, not battlefield brilliance. Building his case around detailed analysis of the initial battles Grant fought, Shiloh in particular, Mosier demonstrates that Grant's numerical advantage was trivial and that he only rarely ordered frontal assaults, the basis of the "butcher" charge. Praising Grant's tactical visualization of terrain and imperturbability under fire, Mosier proceeds to contrast favorably Grant's strategic conception for defeating the Confederacy with that of military intellectuals such as the Union's Henry Halleck. A persuasive second installment in the publisher's Great Generals series, inaugurated by Alan Axelrod's Patton (2006). Gilbert Taylor
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ St. Martin's Press; First Edition (June 13, 2006)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 224 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1403971366
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1403971364
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 14.4 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.85 x 0.93 x 8.28 inches

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I read another book that had the same thesis as this book does. J.F.C. Fuller wrote "Grant and Lee." Fuller had fulsome praise for Grant and none for Lee. Fuller said that Lee's focus on Virginia prevented him from seeing the big picture; losing the Mississippi River and then Atlanta subdivided the Southern Nation; this lead to first, Lee being deprived of supplies, and secondly, to being surrounded by Union armies prior to his surrender. Lee could not bring himself to think outside of the box of Virginia. Grant on the other hand, captured the bastions on the Mississippi River that completed the first subdivision of the South, then Grant directed others to subdivid the Deep South into smaller pieces. In "Grant" by John Mosier, there is little to say about the early influences on Grant or even the thought process of Grant. Not much is known about Grant before the War and Grant never revealed his emotions or thinking processes to his contemporaries. Mosier, like Fuller before him, has to rely on the actual deeds of Grant. Grant won the war and all his major battles, discounting setbacks like Cold Harbor as irrelevant in the end. What is more, each one of Grant's victories dismantled the South, piece-by-piece. Grant was able to do all of this despite the obstructions placed in his path by his superior officer, Hallack. Also, Grant was able to complete all that he did despite the aspersions that blackened his character. Anybody as bad as Grant was portrayed would not have been able to do what he did. Grant's achievement's were incredible when compared side-by-side with other famous generals as Mosier frequently points out. Historians of the Southern School were able to obscure Grant's achievements after he died because to them, the North did not win the Civil War; the South gained a moral victory defending "states rights." What Mosier writes is easy to read and understand. Each thesis statement is followed by evidence to support the contention advanced. He moves from one argument with evidence to the next with a smooth transition. Mosier's work complements Fuller's work without repeating the arguments Fuller used to make the case. I learned more about the generalship and strategy of this war from Mosier than I had in all my previous exposure to the history of the Civil War.

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The First Modern American General, and the Greatest of the Pre-World War One Era.

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I read Grant's Autobiography. This book is a good companion to it. It lays out the author's basis for stating that Grant was the first Modern General and he amply supports his claim. There was no basis for comparison between Grant and Lee.

Lee was defeated more than once, and Grant never suffered a defeat in battle. Grant led not just one army, but had both a theater command and then became General of the Entire Union Army in multiple theaters. He had a keener grasp of logistics than Lee, and learned to delegate to trusted subordinates, something that Lee tried only a few times with mixed results.

Lee led in one theater where Grant lead and was victorious in at least three theater campaigns: Mississippi, Tennessee, and Virginia.

Contrary to post war revisionism Grant was not a butcher. If he had been in command earlier in the war, the war might have ended at Antietam or possibly even as a result of the Peninsular Campaign.

If McClelland, Hooker, Burnside or Pope had been Grant, it is a certainty Lee's Army of Northern Virginia would have been defeated long before 1865.

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Grant, the greatest general

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I admire Washington, Lincoln and Grant. While the former two have garnered numerous accolades, Grant has been unjustifiably denigrated personally (alcoholic, fool, depressed) and professionally (butcher). His presidency has been unappreciated. Mosier makes a persuasive case that General Grant was probably a genius. In the final chapter, he briefly discusses Grant's undervalued presidency. I would highly recommend two other brief succinct biographies one by Korda and another by Bunting both of which explore Grant's presidency.

Mosier dispels many Grant myths. He was not an alcoholic in a medical sense. He was self-taught in algebra. He entered West Point which was one of the best educational institutions in the world. West Point entrance examination had a 50% failure rate. He graduated 21st in a class of 39 but 40 of them failed to graduate so he was in the top 25%. He was a good artist with a great 3-D vision which was essential for a commander during battle. He was a great horseman.

In the Mexican war, Grant was a quartermaster who demonstrated tremendous skill in logistics. This experience was vital when he commanded the Union armies and he made sure his men got enough ammunition, food etc. He displayed tremendous personal courage during the Mexican war (riding away to get ammunition) and ingenuity (dragging cannon to a church steeple).

Mosier compares U.S. Grant favorably with other great generals, namely Wellington, Napoleon and Foch. He finds Grant to be superior all of them. Without him, the North would have lost the war. Grant never lost a battle. Mosier defends Grant against charges of butchery by comparing Civil War casualties with those suffered by the British and French in World War I. Robert E. Lee said, "I have carefully searched the military records of ancient and modern history, and have never found Grant's superior as a general". Grant's magnanimity in victory is still an American tradition.

The book contains some historical errors which other reviewers have pointed out and I will not belabor here. This prevents me from awarding 5 stars. I am happy to find a book that appreciates this good, decent, honest everyman, great general and undervalued president.

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